We are sad to announce that 2015 is the final year for MFLS.
We thank all the players who have participated over the 20 seasons we've done this.
See our farewell
post for more info.

11/4

The MFLS 2015 standings are now final and winners have been notified. Check out the updated MFLS Hall of
Fame to see the 2015 honorees. Thanks for participating in MFLS!

10/25

The MFLS 2015 season is now complete with the finish of the MLS regular season today.
Thanks to everyone for participating. We hope it was fun.
As usual, we will wait one week for any last minute scoring errors to be submitted before conferring
honors on the overall Fantasy League and Prediction League winners. We will be in contact with the
winners next week. Congrats to NY Red Bulls on the Supporters Shield and to Sebastian Giovinco of
Toronto on the Golden Boot.

9/21

Brian Bliss has replaced
Frank Yallop as coach of Chicago.
All rosters with Yallop have been automatically replaced with Bliss as coach per MFLS rules.

Oh, and one thing on the PKs- conventional wisdom said go with the experienced team and the experienced keeper. Jesse Gonzalez is Rimando 2.0 on PKs. His first 2 in the league this year, he held his ground on Javi Mo and Pipa and essentially forced a miss when he didn't buy their respective fakes. I felt pretty confidant when it went to PKs. That had nothing to do with them rolling out Hollingshead 2nd and Zimmerman for the clincher. What a series.

1. They interviewed Felipe last week on Extra Time
Podcast and he picked Portland as the team to beat
in the playoffs.
2. None of the 15 highest-paid MLS players is in
the final four. Only two players on the final four
teams make more than a million per year, Higuain
and a Portland defender, I believe.
3. There will be only one more game played on
turf, the first leg of Portland-Dallas. (Portland
can't host MLS Cup).

1. Seattle's game from the beginning was to play to a 0-0 tie. They started time wasting about 20 minutes into the game making the first 80 minutes just about unwatchable for me. It was good to see they had a plan B in scoring that vital goal.

2. Seattle was just too old across the board and their bloated player salaries make their bench about an inch deep. While Dallas can put Blas Perez on late in a game and also add even more speed. At the end of 100 minutes Seattle could no longer run and Dallas showed that they are one of the fittest teams in the league.

i am sure the suits in the league office wanted SEA-POR and NYR-MON. a CMB-DAL MLS Cup is as close to a nightmare scenario for them as possible (even though it may produce the best on the field product possible). odds as of today:

NYR 5/4
DAL 9/4
POR 4/1
CMB 4/1

i think any team could win it, but i like the POR odds. they looked completely in control vs VAN (though Manneh going out completely changed the second leg). FYI, there appear to be multiple sites though that have not updated their odds since last month. i am not sure whether they are still taking bets, but one site still has LAG @ +300 and POR at +866 according to oddsportal.

DAL looks out of steam and POR is peaking at the right time.
while many do not like Porter for various reasons (he seems
like a prick), i do not think you can deny that he has done a
good job there. he is getting it done in the postseason with
dudes like Asprilla in the starting XI. that Borchers goal @
the end was lucky but very well could be the difference.
CMB also seems to have luck on their side, and Higuain
could be the most underrated player in the league. however,
i could see RNY fighting back next week to make it
interesting. from a pure soccer standpoint, i feel like we will
be in for a treat no matter who advances to the final.